Revelation (band)

Revelation is an American doom metal band from Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1986.

History

The band was founded in May 1986 and consisted of guitarist and vocalist John Brenner, bassist Andy Kremer and drummer Steve Branagan. After the first demo Face Reality was published in January 1987, Kremer left the band again, after burner also took over this post. This was followed with Terminal Destiny in June and Images of Darkness in November 1987, the next two demos. In February 1988, Bert Hall Jr. came as the new bassist for the group, and then the next demo The Illusion of Progress was followed in March 1989. The band was heard on the Doom Metal Compilation Dark Passages, which could reach a deal with Rise Above Records. In June 1990, the group recorded their debut album Salvation 's Answer, which appeared with the label in early 1991. Shortly after the release, she took on another demo called The Unbearable Vision, released in the summer of 1991. Then bassist Bert Hall Jr. left the band and was replaced by Josh Hart. In early 1992 the band recorded their next album Never Comes Silence, which consists of nine songs with a total of 70 minutes of playing time. The title song has a length of 18 minutes. In the summer of 1992, the Group signed a contract with Hellhound Records, what the album was released in early 1993. Despite good press and thus promising perspectives main composer, lyricist and band mouthpiece burner decided prefer to paint rather than to make music, not previously yet to prove without Branagan his friendship, by recommending him Dennis Cornelius as his successor. This acquiesced in fact good one, but hard suddenly changed to Unorthodox. Cornelius and Branagan then took the next demo Mourning Son on in February 1994. They tried in the rehearsal room several bassists, the chemistry was only when Jim Hunter, who was integrated in the spring of the year in the occupation. In November and December of that year the band recorded their next album ... yet So Far on, which appeared in Hellhound Records in early 1995. It was voted in the March issue of Metal Hammer Germany for the third best album. The release was followed by European tours with Saint Vitus in March and Solitude Aeturnus in May 1995. After the tours new material was written and presented live at local gigs. After the band had separated in March 1996 for a short period of Cornelius, she took in December on their next demo Frozen Masque and went in search of a label, but remained inconclusive. Then, the group went into a longer break.

For the first Stoner Hands of Doom festival in August 1999, the band reunited. In addition, the group wrote new material. In February 2003, she participated in the German Doom Shall Rise festival in part, before they went on tour together with Mirror of Deception and Reverend Bizarre. In October 2003, the compilation Frozen Masque appeared on The Miskatonic Foundation, which contains the two demos Frozen Masque and Mourning Son, two live recordings, as well as photos and lyrics. In April 2007, the band took part in the festival in Baltimore Doom or Be Doomed. The cast of Salvation 's Answer, consisting of burner, Hall Jr. and Branagan, also played almost all the songs on the album, while Brenner, Branagan and Hart played most of the songs from Never Comes Silence. That same year, Leaf Hound Records released the two albums. After the festival performance burners, Hall Jr. and Branagan set out to write new material. After they had begun towards the end of 2007, thus, was released in June 2008, the album release on Leaf Hound Records. In addition, the trio had founded another band called Against Nature before publication. In 2009 the band took part in Göppingen at Doom Shall Rise VI. In addition, the band held a few more appearances in from Germany and also took on a new album, which was released in November 2009 under the name For the Sake of No One on Shadow Kingdom Records. Furthermore, in the same year appeared a self-titled album on The Church Within Records, which previously unreleased recordings from 1988.

Style

According to Robert Mueller by Metal Hammer play the tape on Salvation 's Answer classic Doom Metal in the creeping pace, with the vocals a little remember Ozzy Osbourne. In addition to the " unconditional heaviness ' there on the album" sometimes even the beautiful, the optimistic to melancholy melody, even if it means the use of an acoustic guitar. " In addition, Müller went on to state: " In addition to the blackest, nihilistic depression Cathedral, next to the almost big orchestral pomp of Solitude Aeturnus this is something like the pleasant everyday variant". In the March issue of Metal Hammer in 1992 Müller wrote the music on the album was " romantic, melancholic, not overloaded in Candlemass'schen sense, pompous and gesticulating, but focusing mainly, but elegant, with fine-spun acoustic guitar parts ." The texts are of philosophical and religious nature, with John Brenner would be mainly inspired by literature. Also on Never Comes Silence play the tape, according to Müller classic doom metal, and it understand the band, " subtle riffs to pile up on each other, then let go unheard maintained and to enrich the silence with elegant acoustic passages ". According to Michael Lorant from Metal Hammer, the band plays on ... yet So Far classic Doom Metal with extended instrumental passages that would be broken up by the occasional melodic Gitarrenenschübe of Dennis Cornelius. Grasping the Nettle would songs like " like Rush in a simple slow motion" sound, whereas " the Super Slow Motion" would be very rarely used and in full effect am working. The musicians claimed to be strongly influenced on the demo of Darkness Images of trouble while is filtering through to the ... yet So Far - phase personal preference for Rush, Fates Warning and Voivod.

Discography

• Face Reality ( demo, 1987, self-released )
• Terminal Destiny ( demo, 1987, self-released )
• Images of Darkness ( demo, 1987, self-released )
• The Illusion of Progress (Demo, 1989, self-released )
• Salvation 's Answer ( album, 1991 Rise Above Records )
• The Unbearable Vision (Demo, 1991, self-released )
• Never Comes Silence (Album, 1992, Hellhound Records)
• Mourning Son (Demo, 1994, self-released )
• Yet ... So Far ( album, 1995, Hellhound Records)
• Frozen Masque (Demo, 1997, self-released )
• Fourteen Inches of Fury (Split with Twisted Tower Dire, nevus and Mood, 1998 Game Two Records)
• Frozen Masque ( Compilation, 2003, The Miskatonic Foundation)
• Paleontology ( compilation, 2007 Bland Hand Records)
• 'Release ( album, 2008 Leaf Hound Records)
• 'Revelation (Album, 2009, The Church Within Records)
• ' For the Sake of No One ( album, 2009 Shadow Kingdom Records )
• ' Lord Vicar / Revelation (Split with Lord Vicar, 2012 Shadow Kingdom Records )
• Inner Harbor ( album, 2012 Bland Hand Records)